03-13-2018 02:05 PM
Choosing the correct category for a point of interest can be tough - as a lot of you will have experienced already.
Sometimes switching the (desktop) interface to another language can help to remove ambiguity, but in 1 particular case, I don't find any proper category: stores that only sell beverages, both alcoholic and non-alcoholic. And I don't mean bars or coffee shops where drinks are served, but shops where you buy beverages in bottles and crates for consumption at home.
Any suggestions?
03-14-2018 06:28 AM
Hi @JanVanHaver,
In your situation, the most suitable category for these types of shops is Beverage Store.
I hope that you'll find this information useful. If not, feel free to reach out. 🙂
Cheers,
Klaudiya
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03-14-2018 06:50 AM
Thanks, @KlaudiyaG for the reply. In English that will indeed work well. But it seems that also for the category label 'Beverage store' the translations are not really very helpful. The French translation is "Fournisseur de bières" which means "Supplier of beer", the German one is "Biervertrieb" (beer seller), the Dutch one is "biergroothandel" (beer wholesale). A lot of those POIs are currently marked as 'Liquor store' which is obviously also not the proper one.
Translation/localization of labels remains a tricky business...
03-14-2018 10:35 AM
Beverage Store is not available in the picklist for US English and locations in USA
Are you using the UK English setting, @KlaudiyaG?
03-14-2018 11:46 AM
@sputnikjim I just did some additional testing, and it gets even weirder: when selecting 'English (United States)' as interface language in the desktop version, I am able to find & use the category 'Beverage Store', but when I refresh the screen and check the POI that I just changed, it then says 'Beverage Distributor' as category.
04-05-2018 04:44 PM
@KlaudiyaG There was another post (in German) on exactly the same topic and the author there claims that the German 'Getränkemarkt' (which corresponds to Beverage Store) was available in the past.
What could be the reason why categories get removed? In this particular case it seems to have been a bad decision.